Re: [cobalt-users] Backup Mail Server Setup

[Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check out http://www.sendmail.org  and then go to the section call Virtual
Hosting.  Then the FAQ for how to do primary and secondary MXs

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Jim Euliano wrote:

> >With the RaQ2 server configure as a backup mail server to receive the mail
> for a domain, example where the MX record is set at 10 for the primary and
> 20 for the backup. Where do you setup the number of retry to relay mail to
> the primary mail server and where do you preset the time it will hold the
> mail for relay before sending it back as undeliver?
> 
> Could someone post specific info regarding this matter... or possibly a web
> site with more details about setting up a backup mail server in general.
> All I know about the topic is:
> 
> 1) DNS record gets MX preference 10 for primary and 20 for backup (as the
> previous post mentioned)
> and
> 2) somehow the backup server stores any and all email received, then
> attempts to forward it to the primary at some interval of time.
> 
> How is all this set up using sendmail?!?
> 
> Jim
> 
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